Paul D. Clement

Paul Clement is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  Paul served as the 43rd Solicitor General of the United States from June 2005 until June 2008.  Before his confirmation, he served as Acting Solicitor General for nearly a year and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General for over three years.

Paul has argued over 90 cases before the United States Supreme Court, including McConnell v. FEC, Tennessee v. Lane, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, Credit Suisse v. Billing, United States v. Booker, MGM v. Grokster, ABC v. Aereo, and Hobby Lobby v. Burwell.  He has argued more Supreme Court cases since 2000 than any lawyer in or out of government.  He has also argued many important cases in the lower courts, including Walker v. Cheney, United States v. Moussaoui, and NFL v. Brady.

Following law school, Paul clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court.  After his clerkships, he went on to serve as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights.

Paul is a Distinguished Lecturer in Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught in various capacities since 1998, and a Distinguished Lecturer in Government at Georgetown University.  He also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Law Center’s Supreme Court Institute.